Superintendent defends bus drivers' track record

7:51 PM,
Feb. 21, 2014

Freeman Williams

Written by

Matthew Albright
The News Journal

Christina School District leaders are trying to reassure parents that two incidents in which preschool students were left on school buses are isolated incidents.

"We understand that parents should have some concerns. We're not trying to justify or make any excuses whatsoever for the incidents that occurred," Christina Superintendent Freeman Williams said. "However, every day we have hundreds of bus drivers taking students to and from school, and 99.9 percent of them never see a problem."

On Wednesday, a boy was left on a bus that arrived at the Christina Early Education Center before ...